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than three or four years at Zanzibar : the same 

 has been observed of Baghdad, and of the Eu- 

 phrates valley generally. Lurking maladies will 

 be brought to a crisis, and severe functional 'de- 

 rangements are liable to return. The stranger is 

 compelled to take troublesome precautions. He 

 may bathe in cold water, sweet or salt, but he 

 must eschew the refreshment of the morning 

 walk : during the rains, when noxious mists 

 overhang the land, the unpleasant afternoon is 

 the only safe time for exercise. Flannel must 

 always be worn despite the irritability of the 

 ever-perspiring skin : even in the hottest weather 

 the white cotton jackets and overalls of British 

 India are discarded for tweeds, and for an 

 American stuff of mixed cotton and wool. 

 Extra warm clothing is considered necessary as 

 long as the c mugginess ' of ' msika-weather ' 

 lasts. Sudden exposure to the sun is considered 

 dangerous, and the carotid, jugular, and tem- 

 poral arteries must be carefully protected from 

 cold as well as from heat. Hard work, either of 

 mind or body, is said to produce fever as surely 

 as sitting in draughts or as wearing insufficient 

 clothing. The charming half-hour following 

 sunset is held dangerous, especially in hot 

 weather; yet most tantalizing is the cool deli- 



